Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2020-08-05

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 5
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,513 head
191 vs last sale 1,322 48 vs year ago 1,561 · 3.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers 1.00 higher, few instances to 2.00 higher. Hosltein steers 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Moderate to good demand overall, for this nice offering of fed cattle, very good demand for the cattle that are Implant Free, marked as "Certified Programs" in the report, very good demand for the Holsteins this week. Estimated dressed cost for most cattle was 162.00-165.00, not all packer buyers participated but it was still a rather active market. The market was probably more active on the Holsteins where dressed costs were basically the same as the beef cattle, in the 160s. Slaughter cows steady, bulls steady to 1.00 higher.

Slaughter lambs 4.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder lambs not well tested for comparison as again most of the light lambs are going to slaughter, slaughter ewes steady to 4.00 higher. Moderate to good demand for slaughter lambs, moderate demand for feeders, good demand for slaughter ewes.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,78898.841,76732
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47976.341,129112
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29769.5290164
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,19463.6976127
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,45993.231,360113
HeifersChoiceAverage1,317101.541,337269
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,34497.001,3045thin
SteersSelectAverage1,266106.001,34214
SteersChoiceAverage1,497102.471,534463
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,403100.171,40587

Every lot, as filed

23 lots · USDA AMS · Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction - Worthing, SD
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49280.43/cwt80.00–81.501,2003
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27970.35/cwt67.00–74.5090050
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35965.15/cwt60.00–66.0088512
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36074.94/cwt74.00–76.001,0192
Bulls1,81197.66/cwt93.00–101.001,76921
Bulls1,762103.45/cwt103.00–104.501,8239
Bulls1,66590.54/cwt85.00–95.001,5072
Dairy SteersChoice1,45993.23/cwt87.00–96.001,360113
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,307114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,4909
SteersSelect and Choice1,41498.57/cwt97.00–99.001,39478
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,266106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,34214
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,560112.91/cwt112.00–114.001,76120
SteersChoice1,466101.91/cwt101.00–103.001,494248
SteersChoice1,529102.12/cwt101.50–102.751,561195
HeifersSelect and Choice1,34497.00/cwt97.00–97.001,3045
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,333116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,5463
HeifersChoice1,321101.52/cwt99.50–102.351,341260
HeifersChoice1,13895.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0816
CowsLean 85-90%1,21568.27/cwt65.00–70.0082916
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53466.19/cwt59.00–70.001,01510
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47377.24/cwt71.00–81.001,13899
CowsLean 85-90%1,08572.50/cwt72.50–72.507871
CowsLean 85-90%1,17255.48/cwt52.00–62.5065010

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.